At least on your first playthrough, anyway. Success in Void Bastards relies just as much on perseverance as it does skill. But it doesn’t matter each time you die you simply take control of a new character with new perks, and inherit all of the crafted items that your predecessors created. Playing on anything other than the easiest difficulty levels, you’ll die, die and then die again. New weapons can be unlocked and upgraded, your resistance to various types of damage increased, your health points boosted, and much more. Things can be made much easier by crafting new items and powering up your character. Thanks to a number of random modifiers, each ship you board throws up unique challenges. And sometimes the power might be down on the ship you’ve boarded, forcing you to locate the generator room and turn it back on before you begin your looting. You can’t dilly-dally and take your time your actions need to be swift and decisive. There are other things to consider, too, such as the limited supply of oxygen you have. Needless to say, obtaining the goods you need to carry on your adventure and empower yourself isn’t always easy. There are hostile creatures which you’re warned about before boarding, dangerous security measures such as auto-turrets, and also the occasional environmental hazard. But each one is also generally full of dangers. Pretty much every derelict ship you encounter in the Sargasso Nebula can be boarded and looted for its lucrative goods. That’s where docking and looting comes in. And you also need a good supply of food and fuel to facilitate your travels. Though for the last thing you need materials. On the S.T.E.V., you can check your current character’s status, plan your route, and construct new items that will help you on your journey. Much of your time is spent aboard the S.T.E.V., a small ship which you use to explore the Sargasso Nebula. Void Bastards is essentially a game of two halves. And what’s even better is that the comic book visuals are also carried through to the meat of the game: docking and looting derelict ships. Honestly, the artwork is great, and along with brilliant voice acting it gracefully conveys a comedic tale that never fails to raise a smile. That’s something for you to find out as you play through the game, and the story wonderfully plays out via comic book cells between major milestones. Although maybe by taking control of the situation and achieving your goal you can redeem yourself? What I actually mean is prison, as you are indeed the titular void bastards quirky but expendable criminals who are rehydrated one by one until the task is done. Throwing you into space and thrusting you into control of a number of “clients”, your aim is to repair the Void Ark so that you can get home. There’s a hell of a lot to like about Blue Manchu’s strategy shooter Void Bastards.
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